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Breaking News : What If It Was Not Benign??

And so all the people in Egypt who did not buy president Mubarak’s gallbladder operation story were right , after all you do not stay that long in the hospital not to mention it is one of the best hospitals...

Posted Mar 11 2010, 04:49 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Egypt, middle east, media, citizen Journalism, politics, Democracy, mideast, National, Follow Up, Europe, health, Germany, Hosni Mubarak, Presidential elections 2011, Heidelberg

Junaio 2.0 First Indoor Social Augmented Reality App at SXSW With Developers API

0 Call it web 3.0 or Augmented reality (AR), the technology that overlays digital content such as text, graphics, or 3D models on real objects through any video output. A Technology that is changing the...

Posted Mar 09 2010, 03:22 PM by ArabCrunch

Filed under: Arab World, international, Europe, USA, iPhone, Social Media, Web 2.0, Mobile 2.0, Where 2.0, AR, Augmented Reality, Augmented reality API, social AR, indoor Augmented reality, social Augmented reality

Mubarak Is Fine And He Eats Yogurt

President Mubarak is fine and ok after his gallbladder's surgery in Germany. He was kidding with the German doctors after the surgery, he also chatted with his family. He is currently in the ICU but...

Posted Mar 07 2010, 05:00 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: News, Egypt, middle east, media, citizen Journalism, politics, Democracy, mideast, National, Follow Up, Europe, Mubarak, health, Germany, gallbladder, Heidelberg

Breaking News : Mubarak's Operation Is Delayed 'Updated'

Ok people the Mubarak's gallbladder operation is delayed for later hour today than its original time, may be they need to stabilize his blood pressure or sugar level, I do not know. Now Mubarak has...

Posted Mar 06 2010, 01:13 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: News, Egypt, middle east, citizen Journalism, politics, Democracy, mideast, National, Follow Up, Europe, Mubarak, health, Germany, breaking News, Ahmed Nazif, gallbladder, Heidelberg

ElBaradei Supporters At Egypt Vs. England Game

There were news circulating online last week that ElBaradei supporters in London would raise his posters in our game with England last Wednesday. We all watched the game on TV and yet we did not find a...

Posted Mar 05 2010, 10:32 PM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: News, Egypt, media, citizen Journalism, Photos, politics, Democracy, National, Follow Up, Europe, UK, tv, london, Fayoum, Presidential elections 2011, Mohamed ElBaradei, Egyptian Presidential elections 2011

Something Is Wrong

First we got Haiti's earthquake. Second month later we got Japan's earthquake. Third hours later we got hours later Chile's earthquake. Fourth hours later we got Pacific Tsunami Fifth days...

Posted Mar 05 2010, 03:50 PM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: politics, international, Video, America, africa, Europe, Economy, Global Warming, environment, Indonesia, earthquake, Chile, haiti, Taiwan

Wait A Minute He Did Not Mean That !!

I am subscribed to both Yahoo and Google Alerts and since yesterday I received alerts by Hosni Mubarak's statements about Mohamed ElBaradei and I would clear some thing here regarding the candidacy...

Posted Mar 04 2010, 11:54 PM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: News, Egypt, middle east, media, citizen Journalism, politics, Democracy, mideast, National, Follow Up, Europe, Mubarak, Germany, Presidential elections 2011, Mohamed ElBaradei, Berlin, presidential elections 2010

Mubarak Speaks About ElBaradei And Then Gets Sick In Germany

I love the press conference of Hosni Mubarak in real democratic countries abroad because you can't control the journalists and tell them what to ask and what to ignore. Earlier today Mubarak met his...

Posted Mar 04 2010, 07:49 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Egypt, media, citizen Journalism, Photos, politics, Democracy, Video, National, Follow Up, Europe, Mubarak, health, Germany, Presidential elections 2011, Mohamed ElBaradei, Merkel, DPA

Will This Be Mentioned in The Official Media Tomorrow !!??

Will the official media tomorrow mention that Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei has received Germany's grand medal of honor "Grosser Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland mit Stern und Schulterband...

Posted Mar 03 2010, 03:07 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Egypt, media, citizen Journalism, Photos, politics, Democracy, National, Follow Up, Europe, Mubarak, Egyptian Faces, Egyptians, Germany, Presidential elections 2011, Presidency, Mohamed ElBaradei, medal of merit

Global Technology Forum 2010, March 18th: Arab and American Venture Capitalist & Investors Converge in Silicon Valley -Discounts to ArabCrunch Readers.

0 Since around 2 years ArabCrunch has been fighting through this blog to help Arab startups and the technology industry in this region. Before us, Arab American technology professionals came together to...

Posted Feb 27 2010, 07:23 AM by ArabCrunch

Filed under: Arab World, international, Events, Europe, USA, Web 2.0, Asia, Startups, Startup News, TechWadi, forum., Latin America, VC & Capital, Silicon Valley, Global Technology Forum, investors

Israeli Mossad Loosing It's Touch?

The recent shocking discovery of the hit team that assassinated Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Mabhouh by Dubai Police has severely shaken the abilities and credibility of the once "highly regarded"...

Posted Feb 19 2010, 01:53 AM by Qahwa Saada

Filed under: Israel, UAE, Europe, Dubai, Hamas, london, Germany, United States, France, Terror, United Kingdom, Interpol, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Assasin, Austria

An Honor Killing By Any Other Name…

…is an honor killing, nonetheless. Last year I posted on a spate of honor killings in Italy, which demonstrated that the act is not defined by location, but rather by ideology. The post touched upon...

Posted Feb 19 2010, 01:00 AM by Caledoniyya

Filed under: Women, Culture, Europe, Asia, Italy, Pakistan, Italia, Honor killings, Womyn

Our New Defense Minister

British Telegraph published a news report about Lord Mountbatten 's daughter who wants to buy back HMS Whimbrel which is currently used as a training ship at Alexandria Naval dockyard. It is very interesting...

Posted Feb 18 2010, 05:53 PM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Egypt, citizen Journalism, politics, National, Europe, war, National Security

What Price Dignity?

€450,000 to be exact, following Milan’s civil court ruling that the parents of two under-age rapists pay their victim roughly $612,216, or £392,356, in civil damages. Considering the case, no figure...

Posted Feb 18 2010, 11:11 AM by Caledoniyya

Filed under: society, Women, Europe, Italy, Italia, Womyn

Io, mammeta e tu

If one was to do a correlation study of my blogging habits it would be clear that the higher the number of posts, the more elevated the degree of procrastination. Because I am on a Domenico kick, here...

Posted Feb 17 2010, 08:47 AM by Caledoniyya

Filed under: Music, Culture, Europe, Italy, Pop Culture, Frivolities & Miscellaeny, Italia, musica

Happiness is Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu

This morning I awoke to this song: What a beautiful start to the day. Read More...

Posted Feb 17 2010, 08:30 AM by Caledoniyya

Filed under: Music, Culture, Europe, Italy, Pop Culture, Italia, musica

The Many Charms of Silvio

Apparently Italians can’t get enough of Il Briccone. I would beg to differ, but when his charms are so thoughtfully laid out: February 2002 During an official photocall at an EU foreign ministers’...

Posted Feb 17 2010, 07:34 AM by Caledoniyya

Filed under: Culture, politics, Europe, Italy, Italia, Berlusconi, Italian politics

Africans Vs. Latin Americans

This is more like a scene you see in some action film from Hollywood where East coast gang is in a fight was some Latin American gang over some drug deal , yet unfortunately this is not an action film...

Posted Feb 14 2010, 06:01 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Egypt, society, media, citizen Journalism, Photos, international, Video, America, Europe, Economy, Italy, Peru, Milano, Milan, Clashes, Padova, South American

Pal Sarkozy To Show His Paintings in Cairo

Oh oui, Papa Sarkozy is going to show his painting in Cairo as the second stop after Budapest. Paul Sarkozy is a surrealist painter and I think he is latest collection is inspired by his son and daughter...

Posted Feb 12 2010, 02:19 PM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Egypt, middle east, citizen Journalism, Photos, Culture, politics, mideast, Europe, Paintings, Cairo, Arts, France, Nicolas Sarkozy, Carla Bruni, Pal Sarkozy, Paul Sarkozy

What Islam You Are Speaking About !!

So Eric Besson , the French immigration minister who fights the Niqab has denied converting to Islam after the reports claiming that he was going to convert in Tunisia. Why would tabloids claim such a...

Posted Feb 11 2010, 07:55 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: society, media, Women, Islam, Arab, politics, Religion, America, Europe

Born of Love, Born of Hope

Few books have captured my attention as wholly and enduringly as Lord of the Rings. Thrust into my seven-year-old hands by a primary school teacher who had observed my burning through Jenny Red Hat and...

Posted Feb 11 2010, 04:14 AM by Caledoniyya

Filed under: books, Culture, Europe, film, Pop Culture, Frivolities & Miscellaeny, fantasy, LotR, Tolkien, Lord of the Rings

Apple iTunes Store Soon in Jordan, Tunisia, Armenia, Bulgaria, Niger and 8 other Counties

Apple recently posted an updated Terms of Agreement for publishing applications to the App Store, and among the changes are newly added countries in which Apple’s iTunes Store is set to expand, these...

Posted Feb 08 2010, 02:29 AM by ArabCrunch

Filed under: Jordan, Arab World, international, Europe, Tunisia, iPhone, Apple, Asia, Mobile 2.0, App Store, mobile devices, iPad, iTunes, User agreement

The Lobby in Europe

by David Cronin Defenders of Israel’s aggressive stance have for many years been recognised as a powerful force shaping United States foreign policy. A less well-known fact is that the pro-Israel lobby...

Posted Feb 03 2010, 05:32 PM by Filasteen

Filed under: Palestine, Israel, Europe, Occupation

On That Day

On that day from four years ago Egypt had one of the worst disasters ever in the 21st century : El-Salam 98 Ferry As annual tradition of the Egyptian Chronicles , I will share with the last recorded voices...

Posted Feb 02 2010, 05:33 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, media, citizen Journalism, politics, National, Europe, Salam 98

Samih Sawiris And Alexander Lebedev To Acquire The Independent

Samih Sawiris is not interested in old Khedival buildings only but just like his younger brother he is interested in Media too. Samih Sawiris is reportedly interested with Russian Oligarch Alexander Lebedev...

Posted Feb 02 2010, 01:50 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: News, Egypt, media, international, Europe, Economy, UK, Press, Caucasus, Naguib Sawiris, Robert Fisk, Samih Sawiris, Alexander Lebedev, Russian, Independent

I Saw That Lady And That Kid Before

I do not know why that Egyptian socialite who secretly married from Sheikh Said Al-Maktoum and converted to Jewish Kabbalah seems familiar to me. I think I have seen her before in Layalina magazine last...

Posted Jan 25 2010, 08:56 PM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Egypt, society, media, Women, citizen Journalism, Arab, regional, Europe

Farewell Merit

Jean Simmons (1929-2010) As Merit in The Egyptian Technorati Tags: Jean Simmons , Films , Movies , The Egyptian , America , UK , Women , actress , international , History Read More...

Posted Jan 23 2010, 03:46 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Egypt, Movies, media, Women, history, Culture, international, America, Europe, UK, films, Arts, actress, Jean Simmons, The Egyptian

Haiti ; The Curse of The Devil

Pat Robertson returned again to make headlines unfortunately with his views about Haiti’s earthquake in his Christian Broadcast network’s the 700 club , he believes that the Pact with devil in the 18th...

Posted Jan 15 2010, 01:12 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Human Rights, Photos, Islam, politics, international, Religion, America, Europe, world, health, charity, France, earthquake, haiti, Pat Robertson, Jordan Egypt, Vodou

And Naguib Has Won

Naguib Sawiris has won and Mobinil outstanding shares will not be bought by France Telecom t hank Goodness. Sawiris cried in the court room in a very rare moment for sure. I was really hoping that he would...

Posted Jan 14 2010, 03:42 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: News, Egypt, middle east, media, citizen Journalism, Video, National, Europe, Economy, Orascom Telecom, Naguib Sawiris, France Telecom

I Support Naguib For Egyptian Mobinil

I support Naguib Sawiris in the Mobinil case , I do not want France Telecom to have the only Egyptian owned mobile operator in the country . Already as a Mobinil client I swear that if France Telecom wins...

Posted Jan 11 2010, 03:40 PM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Egypt, middle east, citizen Journalism, politics, mideast, National, Europe, Economy, Geek, Mobinil, Naguib Sawiris, France Telecom

Galloway Is A Persona Non Grata

George Galloway is officially a persona non grata in Egypt. He has been deported from the country and he is not welcomed anymore in Egypt. It was obvious that the Egyptian regime was going to take this...

Posted Jan 08 2010, 12:56 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: News, Egypt, Palestine, middle east, media, politics, mideast, regional, National, Europe, UK, Gaza, George Galloway, Galloway, Gaza March, Mid

Gaza Freedom Marchers Vs. In General Freedom Haters

In the past two days the Egyptian regime showed its ugly face to the Gaza freedom marchers , that face Egyptian activists know very well , this violent aggressive face. 7 protesters were injured in this...

Posted Jan 01 2010, 07:42 PM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, Palestine, middle east, media, Women, citizen Journalism, Israel, Arab, politics, Democracy, Video, mideast, regional, National, Follow Up, Europe, Cairo, Giza, Gaza March, Marie Renee, Regionally

6,1, 2010: UK Startup to Launch Devices That Will Kill PCs and the TV Screen!

As everyone knows Mobile devices are becoming more like computers, take a look at iPhone 3GS, Droid and N900. Today, with new smart mobiles you can do everything you do on a PC as processing and memory...

Posted Jan 01 2010, 10:41 AM by ArabCrunch

Filed under: international, Europe, mobile, Startups, Mobile 2.0, Telecom, PC, iPhone 3GS, mobile devices, 2010, iSlate, N 900, WVGA, LBO, projector device, Holographic Laser-based projectors, Holographic, End of PC, pico projector

The Greatest Regional Achievement of Mubarak’s Regime

I do not know if Mubarak’s regime intended to do this or not but with their stupid policies towards Gaza , the Palestinian cause has won sympathy and support unlike any time in the past. Here are videos...

Posted Dec 28 2009, 01:10 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, Palestine, middle east, media, Women, citizen Journalism, Israel, Arab, politics, Democracy, Video, mideast, National, Follow Up, Europe, Gaza, Cairo, France, Giza, Hedy Epstein, Gaza March, Mubrak

Sicko : Egyptian Version

Have you seen Michael Moore’s Sicko ?? If you do not , then I must recommend that you watch it , it is one of my favorite documentaries of all times. Now to describe the Egyptian health care I will tell...

Posted Dec 23 2009, 06:42 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Egypt, media, citizen Journalism, Democracy, Video, National, America, Europe, Economy, UK, health, films, Canada, Michael Moore, Health insurance, Universal health care, Sicko, Tony Benn

The Prince Who Became A Pauper For One Night

Prince William , the 2nd heir to the British throne and the so-called shadow King of UK from now spent a night in the cold London streets to experience how the homeless people feel while sleeping in the...

Posted Dec 23 2009, 02:33 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: media, citizen Journalism, Democracy, National, Europe, Egyptian Life

A Big Decade ; Big Events : Internationally And Regionally

I do not know if we should wait till year 2010 is over and then we can look back to the first 10 years in the 21st century or we just look back to the past 10 years from 2000 to 2009. I look to those years...

Posted Dec 21 2009, 06:57 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, Palestine, media, citizen Journalism, Israel, history, Culture, Arab, politics, Democracy, international, Religion, regional, Lebanon, America, africa, Europe, nature, Economy, Geek, Dubai, Gaza, Hamas, Iran, health, Iraq, Qatar, Global Warming, war, Asia, Obama, Pakistan, Sudan, Darfur, Da Vinci Code, Al Jazeera, Big bang, 911, Harry Potter, fox news, 2010, Twilight, capitalism, tsunami, Paris Hitlon, Al Hariri assassination, Clash of civilization, Banizer Bhutto, Hurricane Katrina, Reality TV, Ardi

“We started to harvest…”

I first posted on this yesterday, but, plagued with doubts over the veracity of the first trickles of reports, I withheld it. This morning news broke that Israel has admitted harvesting organs illegally...

Posted Dec 21 2009, 03:42 AM by Caledoniyya

Filed under: Palestine, middle east, Israel, Europe, sweden, Conflict Zones, conflict

Mr.President Please Tear Down This Wall

At first I did not want to believe the news despite all the indicators showed it was true : Mubarak’s regime which represents and rules Egypt is building an iron wall in the borders between Egypt and Gaza...

Posted Dec 19 2009, 04:35 PM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Egypt, Palestine, middle east, media, citizen Journalism, Israel, Arab, politics, Democracy, mideast, National, America, Europe, Gaza, National Security, France, Iron Wall

Mubarak and COP 15

President Mubarak was supposed to attend COP 15 among the 100 leaders from around the globe, it was mentioned in his official schedule for his trip abroad earlier from two weeks that he would visit France...

Posted Dec 19 2009, 05:58 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Egypt, middle east, media, citizen Journalism, politics, international, mideast, America, Europe, nature, Mubarak, health, china, Global Warming, environment, Asia, Denmark, COP15, Nile Delta, Ameria

Honour Killings Now Monthly

… in Britain. That caught you by surprise, no? Sadly, it is the truth that has emerged from the aftermath of the trial of the family of young Tulay Goren earlier this week. The problem is now endemic...

Posted Dec 18 2009, 09:13 AM by Caledoniyya

Filed under: Jordan, middle east, Women, Culture, Europe, Britain, Honor killings

Za3tar goes to England .. (or what have I been up to this summer)

Gosh! I haven’t blogged in ages. I know, I know, I am terrible. So for the sake of the good ol’ times let me share a long-overdue post about what I did these past few months. This summer was...

Posted Dec 16 2009, 07:10 PM by za3tar

Filed under: Around The World, Europe

Freedom to Innovate and Consumers, Winners in the EU Case Against Microsoft, What About Arab Governments?

As many believe, web users and innovators emerged winners upon the completion of the European Commission’s investigation into Microsoft’s browser-bundling practices. Microsoft will now offer users of Windows...

Posted Dec 16 2009, 04:27 AM by ArabCrunch

Filed under: Arab World, international, Europe, microsoft, browser, opera, EU, Freedoom

IKEA and the facebook photo tagging marketing

Here is a brilliant social media marketing campaign, IKEA decided to use a very popular tool that exists already, which is photo tagging in facebook, they started by creating a profile for the store manger...

Posted Dec 07 2009, 06:07 AM by jazarah!

Filed under: media, Interesting, cool, Europe, marketing, Amazing, Online

Needed: Lapdancing Researcher

I love it when these jobs emerge from time to time in academia – there was a similar instance a few years ago when a US scholar completed his PhD on an analysis of the economy and Playboy centerfolds...

Posted Dec 04 2009, 03:06 AM by Caledoniyya

Filed under: society, Women, Culture, Europe, Pop Culture, academia, Frivolities & Miscellaeny

The Swiss Ban

P.S three people inspired me to write this post : Tarek Ramadan , Tarek Amr and Ahmed Shokier I do not understand why the Swiss hold a poll to determine whether to have or ban the mosques minarets as according...

Posted Dec 02 2009, 06:21 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Human Rights, society, media, Islam, Culture, politics, Democracy, international, Religion, Europe, Economy, Just Opinion, Mosques, Minarets

Searching For Sorour and sister !!??

It seems that the rumors are true and Dr.Hani Sorour and his sister are in Switzerland spending the weekend in Omar El-Nasharty’s villa there !!?? Do not you love the fact the runaway businessmen take...

Posted Nov 30 2009, 11:41 PM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Egypt, middle east, media, citizen Journalism, politics, Democracy, mideast, National, Follow Up, Europe, Economy, health, films, Laws, Switzerland, Haidylena, Medical supplies, Omar El-Nasharty, Hany Sorour, Hani Sorour

Remembering Princess Ferial Farouk

Princess Ferial Farouk has passed away today at 7 AM in Switzerland. She was 71 years old ; she had just celebrated her 71st birthday from couple of weeks ago , her birthday was a real big event in Egypt...

Posted Nov 29 2009, 07:35 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: News, Egypt, media, Women, citizen Journalism, Photos, history, politics, National, Follow Up, Europe, Death, Egyptian Faces, Egyptians, Egyptian Royalty, Mohamed Ali Royal Family, 1952, Swizertland, princess, Princess Farial, Ferial Farouk, Ahmed Fouad

Swiss Minaret Ban

…to go even further: A ban on the construction of minarets would breach Switzerland’s obligations to uphold freedom of religion, Amnesty International said ahead of a referendum on Sunday 29...

Posted Nov 26 2009, 03:17 AM by Caledoniyya

Filed under: society, Islam, Culture, Religion, Europe, faith, Switzerland, Huma rights

Allah, the Universe, and Everything

There’s always one: A London university union has cancelled a talk by an Islamic preacher who allegedly endorses killing homosexuals. Abu Usamah, recorded by Channel 4 saying gay people should be...

Posted Nov 25 2009, 12:51 PM by Caledoniyya

Filed under: Islam, Religion, Europe, Science, faith, academia

Krakow, Wieliczka and Dracula

Until recently, I never fully grasped the phrase “I need a vacation to get over the vacation”. After four days in Krakow I shudder to recall the events and accordingly this post shall be but...

Posted Nov 23 2009, 05:37 AM by Caledoniyya

Filed under: Culture, Travel, Europe, Poland, Krakow, Layla, Books books books, Polonia

Read, Type, Fly, Breathe

This week is one long series of deadlines and to say I am stretched would be an understatement. On Wednesday I leave for Poland for the second time this year, this time to give a lecture on evangelism...

Posted Nov 14 2009, 08:14 AM by Caledoniyya

Filed under: Life, Religion, Travel, Europe, Poland, academia, Layla

Love the Song, Hate the Video

And vice versa, often. For example, I was not particularly enamoured by Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance, until I viewed it on Natalia’s site. The video is so utterly diverting that I cannot help but...

Posted Nov 13 2009, 06:23 AM by Caledoniyya

Filed under: Music, Culture, Europe, Italy, Pop Culture, Frivolities & Miscellaeny, Italia, musica, Layla, musique, Eros Ramazzotti

This Is A Fair Rule Not A Political Rule

The Dresden court has found Alexander Wiens guilty of murder from the first degree and has sentenced him to jail for life. This is a great news , this is a great verdict of a just court.Wiens who killed...

Posted Nov 11 2009, 12:34 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, Women, citizen Journalism, Islam, politics, Follow Up, Europe, RACISM, Muslims, Germany, Dresden, Marwa Al-Sherbeni, Wien

After Getting Funded, ArabCrunch Launches First Online Social Platform in the Arab World focused on Startups & The Technology Industry

After many days of hard work, after over a year of full time dedication to help startups and techies like you, today AC reach a major milestone. With this announcement, the social platform was what we...

Posted Nov 10 2009, 07:55 AM by ArabCrunch

Filed under: Arab World, Blogging, international, people, africa, Europe, Google, nokia, USA, yahoo, Social Media, Web 2.0, Asia, Startups, Portals, Mobile 2.0, Startup News, e-commerce, e-marketing, QRCE, Jobs, arabcrunch, Entrepreneurship, Research, Press Release, Telecom, Where 2.0, Polls, SaaS, ArabCrunch News, funding, Vortals, new media, Latin America, mobile devices, VC & Capital, Q&A, Green Tech, VCs, Bassel Ojjeh, Socialnetworks, ArabCrunch.NET

Best of the Rest: I’m Changing My Sex

A splendidly novel initiative launched by the dynamic Bekhsoos team: Hello! You’ve probably noticed that I’ve changed my sex on Facebook. Were you surprised? Annoyed? Intrigued? Disgusted? Outraged? Did...

Posted Nov 09 2009, 03:13 AM by Caledoniyya

Filed under: society, middle east, Culture, africa, Europe, Asia, gender, Americas, Best of the Rest, lgbt

How? Why? Jeez…

The results of polls such as these always prompt a swift hanging of the head in shame and the contemplation of how we reached this point: Adolf Hitler was the manager of Germany’s national soccer...

Posted Nov 07 2009, 10:40 AM by Caledoniyya

Filed under: Europe, Frivolities & Miscellaeny

A Question of HonestReporting

Let us begin at the beginning: a lecture titled A Look at Anti-Israel Media Bias, hosted by the University Jewish Society, was always predestined for contention on a plethora of levels. Certainly the title...

Posted Nov 06 2009, 01:43 AM by Caledoniyya

Filed under: Palestine, middle east, media, Israel, Culture, Lebanon, Europe, Gaza

Le Monde Sans Egypte*

We have an Arabic edition from Le Monde Diplomatique which is published as a monthly supplement of Al Akhbar newspaper and I noticed that the supplement rarely includes any articles about Egypt from near...

Posted Nov 04 2009, 03:07 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Egypt, middle east, media, citizen Journalism, politics, Democracy, mideast, National, Europe, Press, France, Freedom of expression, Le Monde Diplomatique

This Is Music

Sunday, office-bound and the wind has been howling like a banshee since the early hours of the morning. Which is roughly the same time I listened enraptured to the full version of Kashmir by the mighty...

Posted Nov 01 2009, 07:18 AM by Caledoniyya

Filed under: Music, Culture, africa, Europe, Pop Culture, Frivolities & Miscellaeny, Mali, Tinariwen, Led Zeppelin

The Mafia: Seriously.

In my department there is a man who finds my Italian background a never-ending source of mirth. Not a meeting goes by without him referring to ‘Mafia connections’ and ‘the Mafiosi business...

Posted Oct 30 2009, 05:08 AM by Caledoniyya

Filed under: Europe, Italy, Italia

Dress Me Up, Dress Me Down: Judging Hamas

Not that I wish to commence the weekend in defense of the ‘Virtue Campaign‘ of Hamas, but: do we really have room to condemn when this occurs? A Muslim student has been banned from enrolling...

Posted Oct 24 2009, 04:46 AM by Caledoniyya

Filed under: Islam, Religion, Europe, Britain

A History Sold In Auction For The Highest Bidder

Next October 27th Christie’s is going to hold an auction for a huge collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities in London for the highest bidder and strangely neither the supreme council of antiquities...

Posted Oct 23 2009, 11:47 PM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Egypt, middle east, citizen Journalism, Photos, history, Culture, mideast, National, Europe, UK, Paintings, london, Farouk Hosni, Arts, Auction, Zahi Hawas, Ancient Egypt, Ministry of Cultur, heirtage, christie's

Nick Griffin on BBC Question Time

Before the huge protests in front of the BBC last Thursday most people outside the British isles did not know who is Nick Griffin of BNP and now after the show he is now earned a world reputation as an...

Posted Oct 23 2009, 09:28 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Human Rights, media, politics, Video, Religion, Europe, UK, RACISM, bbc, Minorities, Britian, BNP, Nick Griffin

Egyptian Ministry Of Foreign Affairs : El-Zaidi Is Welcomed At Any Time in Cairo

The Egyptian ministry of foreign affairs has denied the reports saying that Muntader El-Zaidi was a persona non grata in Egypt saying that Egypt welcomes Muntader at anytime with no condition and...

Posted Oct 23 2009, 04:35 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Human Rights, Egypt, middle east, media, citizen Journalism, Arab, politics, mideast, Follow Up, Europe, Iraq, Muntader El-Zaidi

Guantanamo: the New Auschwitz?

The following story has odd timing – only yesterday I was pondering the comparison between Auschwitz and Guantanamo. Next month I will be presenting a paper in Krakow and as it will be the third...

Posted Oct 20 2009, 02:43 AM by Caledoniyya

Filed under: Palestine, middle east, Israel, Culture, Europe, Holocaust, USA, Poetry, Conflict Zones, Pop Culture, Censorship, Americas, Guantánamo, Auschwitz

This Is What Happens When You Rely on Sefon Sports !!

Youm 7 was nearly going to cause a huge diplomatic crisis between Egypt,Algeria and France because one of its reporter was too lazy to check from his source not to mention to rely on a football fan forum...

Posted Oct 18 2009, 07:25 PM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Egypt, society, middle east, media, citizen Journalism, Arab, politics, mideast, regional, africa, Europe, FOOTBALL, Geek, Sports, Soccer, Algeria, France, Sarkozy, youm 7, World Cup 2010, Koora.com, pranks, Mizo

The Photo Of The Week : White Hair

I know we have just started the week , but this is from the rare occasions we have seen white hair in President Mubarak’s head !! By the way I can’t keep myself from noticing that President Mubarak is...

Posted Oct 18 2009, 02:32 AM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: News, Egypt, middle east, citizen Journalism, Photos, politics, Democracy, mideast, National, Europe, Mubarak, Hosni Mubarak, Photo Of The Week

An Arab/ Pakistani iPhone Success: After Reaching 1 Million Users, Bandar and Fahed Launches a Dead Simple 2Do App for the iPhone

After Reaching the 1 million user mark, the Arab/Pakistani iPhones duo, who won the best User Interface award of 2009, has just launched a new great dead simple 2Do application for iPhone and iPod Touch...

Posted Oct 17 2009, 02:47 AM by ArabCrunch

Filed under: Arab World, english, international, Arabic, Europe, UK, USA, Saudi, iPhone, Web 2.0, Apple, Mobile 2.0, Pakistan, KSA, App Store, to do, German, app, Bandar, iPhone app, Squeezer, Guidedways, iPod Touch, 2Do, 1 Million, Fahed, French

Never Imagined His Importance To This Degree

I can’t believe the shift our foreign policy has began to take after the defeat of Farouk Hosni in the UNESCO’s elections , it seems that he is more important than we think. Since his loss and the Egyptian...

Posted Oct 15 2009, 07:37 PM by Egyptian Chronicles

Filed under: Egypt, media, citizen Journalism, Israel, Islam, Culture, Arab, politics, Religion, National, africa, Europe, Geek, Egyptian Faces, Farouk Hosni, Arts, France, Mossad, UNESCO, Zahi Hawas, Christie, Louvre

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